History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue des Primeurs

In Dutch: Vroegegroentenstraat

Rue des Primeurs, in Forest, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 66 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 43% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194425
  • 1945 – 196919
  • 1970 – 19899
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1916

Il peut s'agir de vendeurs de fruits et légumes, ou alors directement de fruits et légumes. Ex. rue des Maraîchers (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.